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The Resource The other classical musics : fifteen great traditions, edited by Michael Church

The other classical musics : fifteen great traditions, edited by Michael Church

Label
The other classical musics : fifteen great traditions
Title
The other classical musics
Title remainder
fifteen great traditions
Statement of responsibility
edited by Michael Church
Contributor
Editor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
What is classical music? This book answers the question in a manner never before attempted, by presenting the history of fifteen parallel traditions, of which Western classical music is just one. Each music is analysed in terms of its modes, scales, and theory; its instruments, forms, and aesthetic goals; its historical development, golden age, and condition today; and the conventions governing its performance. The writers are leading ethnomusicologists, and their approach is based on the belief that music is best understood in the context of the culture which gave rise to it. By including Mande and Uzbek-Tajik music--plus North American jazz--in addition to the better-known styles of the Middle East, the Indian sub-continent, the Far East, and South-East Asia, this book offers challenging new perspectives on the word 'classical'. It shows the extent to which most classical traditions are underpinned by improvisation, and reveals the cognate origins of seemingly unrelated musics; it reflects the multifarious ways in which colonialism, migration, and new technology have affected musical development, and continue to do today. With specialist language kept to a minimum, it's designed to help both students and general readers to appreciate musical traditions which may be unfamiliar to them, and to encounter the reality which lies behind that lazy adjective 'exotic' [Publisher description]
Cataloging source
YDXCP
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
  • music
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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  • Church, Michael
  • Aga Khan Trust for Culture
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  • Music
  • Music
  • Music
  • Musique
  • Musique
  • Music
  • Asia
  • Middle East
  • Musique
Label
The other classical musics : fifteen great traditions, edited by Michael Church
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
Publication supported by the Aga Khan Music Initiative, a program of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 370-386) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • China : The Guqin Zither
  • Frank Kouwenhoven
  • Chinese Opera
  • Terry E. Miller & Michael Church
  • North India
  • Richard Widdess
  • South India
  • Jonathan Katz
  • Mande Jaliyaa
  • Roderic Knight
  • Introduction
  • North American Jazz
  • Scott DeVeaux
  • Europe
  • Ivan Hewett
  • North Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean : Andalusian Music
  • Dwight F. Reynolds
  • The Eastern Arab World
  • Scott Marcus
  • Turkey
  • Robert Labaree
  • Michael Church
  • Iran
  • Ameneh Youssefzadeh
  • Uzbekistan and Tajikistan
  • Will Sumits
  • Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam
  • Terry E. Miller
  • Java
  • Neil Sorrell
  • Japan
  • David W. Hughes
Control code
898051667
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
xxi, 404 pages
Isbn
9781843837268
Lccn
2016387621
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650
Other physical details
illustrations (chiefly color), maps, music
System control number
(OCoLC)898051667
Label
The other classical musics : fifteen great traditions, edited by Michael Church
Publication
Copyright
Note
Publication supported by the Aga Khan Music Initiative, a program of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 370-386) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • China : The Guqin Zither
  • Frank Kouwenhoven
  • Chinese Opera
  • Terry E. Miller & Michael Church
  • North India
  • Richard Widdess
  • South India
  • Jonathan Katz
  • Mande Jaliyaa
  • Roderic Knight
  • Introduction
  • North American Jazz
  • Scott DeVeaux
  • Europe
  • Ivan Hewett
  • North Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean : Andalusian Music
  • Dwight F. Reynolds
  • The Eastern Arab World
  • Scott Marcus
  • Turkey
  • Robert Labaree
  • Michael Church
  • Iran
  • Ameneh Youssefzadeh
  • Uzbekistan and Tajikistan
  • Will Sumits
  • Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam
  • Terry E. Miller
  • Java
  • Neil Sorrell
  • Japan
  • David W. Hughes
Control code
898051667
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
xxi, 404 pages
Isbn
9781843837268
Lccn
2016387621
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650
Other physical details
illustrations (chiefly color), maps, music
System control number
(OCoLC)898051667

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